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H. SOMMERS AND S. SCHERAGA.

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HERMAN sommieres, or NEWARK, NEW JnnsnY, AND SAMUEL SCHERAGA, or NEW Yonx, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, HERMAN SoMMnRs, a subject oilthejKing ofRoumania, and resident of Newark,` county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, and SAMUEL `SennnAGA, Ot' New York, county of Kings, and State ol New York, have invented certain v new and useful Improvements in Hand- Tools, of which the following is a specification. l The obj ect of our invention is to provide a saw; with graduations or a scale for meas# uring located on one or both sides along `the straight back edge, as well as `to provide the saw with means to enable `it` to y serve as a carpentessquare, and also toprovide a saw with means `for determining horizon tal surfaces, such as commonly called a carpenters level, whereby a tool Imay` be equipped with four instrumentalities customarily provided in separate tools. Our invention comprises novel details of improvement that Wi l be more fully hereinal'ter set forth and then pointed out in the claims. r f Reference is to be had totlleaccoinpanying drawings forming a parthereof, wherelum .l C .d:

Figure l is a side view of a saw embody;`

ing our improvements;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a view from the opposite side of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a section substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The saw blade is indicated at 1 and its handle at 2, which parts may be secured together in any ordinary manner, such as by screws or rivets 3. The back edge l of the saw blade is straight to serve as a rule or straight edge and on one o rboth .sides along said edge the blade is provided with graduations or scale 31 to indicate measurement of inches or the like. At 4 is a straight-edge shown projecting laterally from blade 1 and at a perfect right angle to the edge l trans versely thereof. Said stra1ght-edge 4 1s shown in the form o a web or flange secured to blade 1, which web is shown projecting from a .metal plate 5 placed flat x ables the plate by` rivets 6. The plate 5 is shown set with blade 1 in a slot or recess in the handle 2, and thereby is secured to the handle with the blade. The straight edge or flange 4 is shown set in a recess 2zL in the adjacent edge of handle 2 providing aportion 2" of the handle adjacent to and protecting the outer edge of web `or flange 4,'so that the latter will not becomebent or dislocated from injury.` At Tis indicated, generally, a carpenters level, 'shown comprising a sheet of netal coiled at its edge in tube-like form at l receiving a tube 8 containing liquid having an air bubble, indicated at 9, which may be in the customary form of a tube of fluid of a carpenters level or the like. The coiled portion 7 has an opening 10 through which said bubble may be seen for leveling purposes. The ends of the tubular coiled portion 7 may `be closed byplugs indicated at 1l for retaining the tube 8 therein. The coiled portion 7 of the level is shown extending from plate 5 which is bent at 5 providing :two parallel `portions 5b, 5c on. opposit-e sides ofthe heel of thesawblade, both ofwhich portions are shown secured to the blade by rivets 6. This construction en- 5: with the web or flange 4 and coiled portion 7'a of the carpenters level to be of one piece of material so that said parts may be made accurately to retain their relation. The coiled portion 7a is shown set in a recess 2 in the edge of handle 2, where by the level is protected and kept from displacement. The working face of the web or flange L and the operating face of the car penters level are on a straight line or plane so that both such surfaces may be utilized for squaring purposes. Instead of making the portions 5b and 5c in a single piece it will be understood that saidv portions may be made in separate pieces, so that one has .web or flange 4 and the other has coiled may utilize the saw in a well known manner for sawing, and may use the straight edge 4 in conjunction with the edge 1l of the blade back for squaring and for :measuring purposes 1n the nature of a carpenters square, as well as the straight edge of the the straight edge 1a of the saw back. The

handle 2 is shown at 2d slightly at a distance from the adjacent edge 1' so that the handle will not interfere With the use of said straight edge when the latter is used along a Wall or the like for leveling.

While we .have illustrated the straight edge 4 on one side of the saw blade and the level on the otherside thereof combined in one instrument, it is apparent that such instrument may -be made With either the straight edge 4e or the level. alone if preferred. y l

Our improvements are simple in construction, not liable to get out of order and enable a person to perform at least four different operations With a single instrument usually requiring several different instruments. I

Our invention is not limited to the details of construction and arrangement of parts set forth but may be varied, within the scope ofthe appended claims, Without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having tlrus described our` invention, what We claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A hand tool comprising a saw blade having a straight back edge and a straight edge extending laterally transversely of the blade at right angles to the first-named edge, the tool having a handle secured to the blade and provided, Withy a recess` receiving saidV transverse straight edge, theinaterial of the handle at the outer part of said recess protecting the outer edge of said straight edge.

2. A hand tool comprising a saw blade having a'straight back edge and a plate riveted upon the side of said blade and having a coiled portion extending along the blade and provided with a laterally disposed opening, a tube containing fluid and an air bubble Within said coiled portion, and a handle secured to said blade, said handle having` a recess at its forward edgeV outside ofthe blade receiving said tubular portion.

3. A hand tool comprising a sawfblade having a straight back edge, a sheet of metal bent to form tvvo` `members locatedk respectively on opposite sides of the heel of the blade and secured thereto, one of saidy meinbers `having' a Web extending laterally at right angles to the blade and the other member having a Vcoiled portion onr the opposite side of the blade extendingat right angles to said web, a tube within said coiled ;portion ycontaining `fluid and an airbubble, a handlehavin a recess receiving the heel of the blade an said plates, and means securing the handle thereto. Y

Signed at Newark, county of Essex` and State of New Jersey, this 12 day of April, 1919.

HERMAN SOMMERS.

y rSAMUEL ASGHERAGA. Witness to signatures:

A.` COHEN.

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